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HUMAN EVOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A A new fossil is found, and scientists are debating whether it can be considered a part of the human genus Homo. What piece of evidence would best indicate that the fossil is human? large jaw bone for muscle attachment pelvic blades rotated inward very long arms thick rib cage pelvic blades rotated inward An anthropologist finds a fossil that is 4 million years old. Its pelvis suggests it walked upright. Which species could the specimen belong to...

ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 3 WVU QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS. What makes us human? - answerBipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism - answerstresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls - answerEarly hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Homo. Childhood dependency - answerCompared with the young o...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 fully solved1. Explain how the incompleteness of the fossil record affects our estimate of the time period over which species existed and about the phylogenetic relationships among species. - correct answer Some species have had more fossils discovered than others, as more fossils are discovered than more evidence is provided. 2. Describe the patterns in global climate over the last 65my. - correct answer Paleocene-5-13 C, Eocene- 13-0 C, Oligocene 0-...

SOCA 105 Exam 3 Snyder WVU Verified Answers 2 percent ️What percent different are the homo sapiens from their closet living relative? Acheulian ️lower paleolithic tool tradition associated with h. erectus Alpha Taxonomy ️refers to the discipline of finding, describing, and naming taxa, particularly species Analogy ️a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. anamensis ️4.2-3.9 mya sloping...

ANTHROPOLOGY EXAM 3 WVU questions and answers latest top score. what makes us human? - correct answer. Bipedalism, brains, skulls, Childhood dependency, tools, teeth biopedalism - correct answer. stresses the advantages it provided in a habitat increasingly dominated by dry, savanna-like conditions. Brains and skulls - correct answer. Early hominins had very small brains, Brain size has increased during hominin evolution, especially with the advent of the genus Ho...

Anthropology 101 Exam 1 WSUAustralopithecus - correct answer The genus including several species of early bipeds from eastern, southern, and central Africa (South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Chad) living between about 1.1 and 4.3 million years ago, one of whom was directly ancestral to humans. They had many sub categories A. Anamenis - correct answer -Found in Kenya, and is the oldest dating back to 3.9-4.2 mya. -They found fragmented teeth and jaw fragments, the leg bone...

Human evolution latest 2023 graded A primates order of mammals that includes apes & monkeys prehensile having a grasping ability quadrupedalism form of locomotion using 4 limbs for bearing weight bipedalism form of locomotion using rear 2 limbs for bearing weight brachiation using front 2 limbs to grasp branches from underneath for weight bearing prognathism The jutting forward of the lower face and jaw area. anthropoids group of primates including apes and monkeys prosimians group of pri...

Alternative Theory of Domestication - Natural selection to self domestication. Settlement of semipermanent villages at the end of the last ice age, provided new environment that wolves could adapt. --surplus human food, spoiled foods, human waste, protection and nesting sites. Behavioral traits of DD bonding - Subordinate behavior into adulthood and decreased tendency towards dominate challenges as sexual and social maturity is achieved. Need for maternal care manifest as bond. Breeding Be...

A new fossil is found, and scientists are debating whether it can be considered a part of the human genus Homo. What piece of evidence would best indicate that the fossil is human? large jaw bone for muscle attachment pelvic blades rotated inward very long arms thick rib cage - correct answer pelvic blades rotated inward An anthropologist finds a fossil that is 4 million years old. Its pelvis suggests it walked upright. Which species could ...

Hox genes - control the expression of genes that influence animal morphology (sponges are simple animals that do not have Hox genes) acoelmates - triploblastic animals without a coelom, their bodies are solid and have no cavity. Ancestors of animals... - diverged from ancient fungi, between 675 million and 800 million years ago, believed to be a suspension feeder similar to Choanoflagellates Animals are.. - -multicellular (without cell walls) -heterotropic -develop from embryonic layers ...